TELLING THE TIME

HOW TO SAY THE TIME IN ENGLISH

How do we ask the time in English?

• What time is it?
• What is the time?
• Do you have the time?
• Do you know what time is it?
• Can you tell me what time is it, please?
• Could you tell me the time, please?
• Do you happen to have the time?
• Have you got the right time?
• What time do you make it?

Some examples of how to answer the questions:

• It’s exactly 3 o'clock (or "It's about 3" / "It's almost 3" / "It's just gone 3").
• Sure, it is 3:00.
• Sorry, I am not wearing a watch.
• (It's) 2:30 (two thirty / half past two).
• It is 4:20 (four twenty / twenty past four / twenty after four).
• It is ten past ten (ten after ten).
• The time is 8 o’clock.
• It is a quarter to nine.

Adapted from: https://englishstudyhere.com/speaking/how-to-say-the-time-in-english/. Accessed on June 24, 2021.